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Jane’s Walk – May 5, 6, & 7 K’jipuktuk / Halifax-Dartmouth

Jane Jacobs championed a fresh, community-based approach to city building. “I think it’s wicked in a way, to be a victim.” Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) 

The celebration of legendary urban activist Jane Jacobs with the JANE’S WALK Festival has grown to a global event. From the full schedule FHC has selected four walks (two on Saturday and two on Sunday) to keep you on or near the Halifax Common. Dress for the weather and bring a snack and water. 

Saturday, May 6th
Nature in the City: Past, Present and Future,
10 -11:30 am
Marshes, a buried brook & More details here! 
Led by: Emma Bocking
Meet: North end of Halifax Common at the water fountain, near the Oval

Past, Present and Future – a tour of the Cogswell District,
1 – 2:30 pm
Community, erasure, roads & More details here!
Led by: Christine Hempel & Treno Morton
Meet: Halifax North Memorial Public Library Continue reading →

Happy 105th Birthday Jane Jacobs! – Six Ways to Celebrate…

 
Jane Jacobs (May 4, 1916-2006) was a Canadian-American urbanist who changed the way many people understand city planning and economics, and gave ordinary citizens the right to trust their own experiences and insights. In these COVID times FHC offers you 6 ways to vicariously experience or physically stroll about Halifax with or without a Jane’s Walk.
 
READ – Jane’s 1964 speech “A Great Unbalance” could be written for Halifax. As you read it consider the degraded Central Common Pool, the closed Centennial Pool, the languishing Halifax Memorial Library, the sold and privatized Bloomfield, St Pat’s Alexandra, St Pat’s & Halifax West schools lands, the +occupied+ Common lands at QEHS, CBC-TV and NS Museum. “We see the paradox of cities actually impoverishing themselves by capital improvements.” 
 
WATCH – Explore the Halifax Citadel and Our Colonizing History—From 2012 Alan Wilson historian, author and educator gives a bit of historical context to the Citadel Fortress, in a two-part video edited by Michael Lei. (~1 hour)
 
STROLL – Let’s go south, on the Common—Use notes provided by Blair Beed, well-known historian, author and tour guide, for a walk on the South Common starting at Sackville and Summer to University to South Park and back to Sackville at South Park. Along with history there’s also an expose of development on the South Common.  (~1 hour)
 
LISTEN –  The Camp Hill Cemetery – a 50 minute audio tour created by the Friends of the Public Gardens. It begins at the Summer Street entrance of Camp Hill Cemetery and explores the stories of some key historical figures that helped shape the history of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Download the tour before arriving or simply use your mobile data. 
 
WANDER – The Halifax Common Link has two nice loops in the interior of the Halifax Common linking the major green spaces in the heart of the city-especially the beauty of spring in the Public Gardens. Maps and info here: 
 
GRENZGANG – Walk the 4k boundary of the Halifax Common (1h) The 240 acres was granted to the inhabitants of the town of Halifax as Commons forever. We aren’t sure but clockwise seems to have more hills- The perimeter streets are Robie, South, South Park, Bell, Ahern, Cunard. Become familiar with this gift and help protect it for future generations.